Author: Justin Hill
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Angels Landing
Angels Landing is a tall rock formation in Zion National Park in Southern Utah. It’s an awfully fun hike. It’s about 3 hours roundtrip and the views get progressively more impressive as you go. The last half-mile gives amateurs like me a little taste of the thrill of the mountain climbing I’ll never do. It’s just…
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Not dying in Delhi traffic
There are four things I remember from reading Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) – Never make eye contact at an intersection in Mexico City Late merging is actually the most efficient use of road space even though it infuriates everyone else Risking your life to teach a bad…
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Three minutes as folk-rock stars
Way back in 2010, the band Good Old War had a YouTube cover contest. The winner would get to sing on stage with them (they didn’t specify where). I learned about the contest at 9pm on the final day. I pulled my daughters out of bed to try to throw together an entry with our version of…
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Here Comes the Sun at the Pompidou Center
In 1993, I was a Mormon missionary, wandering the streets of Paris, France, to spread the Good News. A favorite place to go for a break when knocking doors wasn’t working (which was most of the time) was Place Georges Pompidou, an open concrete square in front of a modern art museum where street performers, hawkers, caricature artists,…
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Zermatt Mountaineers Cemetery
In Zermatt, Switzerland – the ski town from which you can see the Matterhorn in the distance – there’s a fascinating and moving little cemetery behind the St. Mauritius Catholic Church. It memorializes those who died climbing (or descending) nearby mountains. See also: http://www.zermatt.ch/en/Media/Attractions/Mountaineers-cemetery [amazon template=thumbnail&asin=8799411806]